CONTENTS

[CHAPTER I]
MY LEARNED BROTHER

[CHAPTER II]
THE SUSPECT

[CHAPTER III]
A LADY IN THE CASE

[CHAPTER IV]
CONFIDENCES

[CHAPTER V]
THE "THUMBOGRAPH"

[CHAPTER VI]
COMMITTED FOR TRIAL

[CHAPTER VII]
SHOALS AND QUICKSANDS

[CHAPTER VIII]
A SUSPICIOUS ACCIDENT

[CHAPTER IX]
THE PRISONER

[CHAPTER X]
POLTON IS MYSTIFIED

[CHAPTER XI]
THE AMBUSH

[CHAPTER XII]
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

[CHAPTER XIII]
MURDER BY POST

[CHAPTER XIV]
A STARTLING DISCOVERY

[CHAPTER XV]
THE FINGER-PRINT EXPERTS

[CHAPTER XVI]
THORNDYKE PLAYS HIS CARD

[CHAPTER XVII]
AT LAST

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